Torch.



J. HARRIS.

TORCH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.19I6.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

s'rarns JOHN HARRIS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO (JARED-HYDROGEN" COMPANY OF AMERICA, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

TORCH.

mamas.

Patented Marl12, 1918.

Application filed June 5, 1916. Serial No. 101,665. 1

T0 all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement,- in Torches, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, 'rei erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to torches or blowpipes that are employed for the purpose of cutting and welding with gases and has for its general object .to provide a torch of this character which shall be highly eflicient in operation and wherein the parts comprising the head and tip maybe conveniently as sembled and disassembled and tips of varying-capacitymay be readily applied to and removed front the head; to provide a cooperating construction of-head, tip and injector whereby the injector for the oxygen which is mingled with thewcombustible gas is carried in the main" bore of-the head itself; also to provide a cooperating construction of head. and tip whereby the gases employed in the outlet may be manipulated and mixed in an efi'ective and convenient manner and without liability to flashback and wherein it ispracticallyimpossible for such flashing back to extend-beyond the head and, in fact, to the full depth of the main bore of the head; also to provide a torch wherein the same ti may be used efliciently for both cutting an welding purposes. u Iii the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a torch constructed in accordance with myinvention aforesaid; Fig'. 2 a central longitudinai section taken through the head and tip and portions of the supply pipes adjacent thereto; Fig. 3a detail in elevation of the inner member of the tip; Figs. 4 and 5 sectional details corresponding respectively to the lines 4& and5-5 of g. 2; Fig. 6 a detail in section corresponding-. substantially to the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 yand Fig. 7 a

detail in perspective of the controlling and injecting plug.

Describin' by reference characters the various parts 1 lustrated'herein, 1, 2 and 3 denote three tubes having at their front or delivery ends the passageways i, 5 and 6, re-

spectively, provided in the rear portion 'of the torch head 7, these tubesconducting respectively roxygen for. cutting purposes and oxygen and a combustible gas (such as hydrogen) for welding or preheating purposes. The pipes communicate at their rear ends with a block 8. -This block has at its rearend a connection 9 for oxygen and a con 'nectlon 10 forthe combustible gas, the last mentioned connection being shown as provided with a valve 11 through which it may be placed in communication with a passageway 12 extending through the block and communicating. w1th the pipeB. .(13 denotes seat 14 from which there extends a passageway 15 communicating with a receivin municates with the passageway 18 in the block, said passageway 18 communicating at its front end with the pipe 2. In the inner a needle valve which is threaded into the block and which cotiperates with the valve end of the chamber 16 there is locateda valve 19 which is normally seated by means of a spring 2O in said chamber, said spring.

extending between the valve and a screw 'cap 21. This valve has a stem 22 which extends throughand across the block and is provided with a recessed portion 23 whereby the oxygen passing the seat 24 may flow through a passageway 25 into, the pipe 1. An operating lever 26 which is pivoted to the block etxends alongside of a casing 27 surrounding the tubes and the forward part of the block 8 and forming a handle for operating the torch.

It will be observed that the passageways 4, 5 and 6 are provided in a rear extension of the head 7 the passageway i being so arranged that its discharge portion 49* is directed substantially axially of the hollow body or sleeve portion of said head. This sleeve portion 15 provided with a cylindrical. v

.bore or chamber 28 extending upwardly from the lower end thereof, said chamber being provided with a thread29 and having '100 a tapered seat 30 merging with the passageway 4:}. 31 denotes a hollow plug having a cylindrical threaded exterior 32 whereby it is adapted to be threaded into the bore of the head and being provided above such threaded portion with a shoulder 33 and a nipple projection 34 the upper end whereof cooperates with'th'e seat 30. This plug is provided with a central restricted bore 35- which, when the plug is in place, is in axial alinement with the passageway 4 and which communicates at its bottom with a recess 36, said recess being internally threaded, as shown at 37.- Between the recess 36 and the outer threaded periphery, the plug is provided with a plurality of narrow passageis a removable two-part'tip said tip com-" prising an inner tubular member 40 and an outer shell 41, rigidly connected to the inner member, as by means of pins or screws (not shown), whereby the tip comprising said members may be applied tothe head as a unitary device. The upper end of the inner tip member is threaded, as indicated at 42, whereby it may be secured within the recess 36, and is provided with a central bore 42 registering with the bore 35 in the plug 31. The upper end of the inner tip member-is formed into a cylindrical body. This cylindrical body extends downwardly and fits within the upper end of the nozzle shell 41 and is provided with a plurality of slots 43 the upper portions whereof communicate with the annular chamber 44 in, the head extending therearoundand which annular chamber communicates with the pipe 3' and the passageway 6. Below the cylindrical body 40, the inner tip member is reduced,' the depth of the slots 43 being substantially equal to the amountof projection or over-,

hang of the cylindrical body 40 beyond the reduced part 45 of the inner tip member therebeneath. At its lower end, the inner tip member is provided with a frusto-conical enlargement 46 which is adapted to fit snugly within and form a leak proof connection with the lower tapered or frustoconical portion 41 of the surrounding shell 41. This frusto-conical enlargement is pro-- vided with aplurality of narrow rectangular slits 47, such as shown, described and claimed in my coperiding" application No. 877,649, filed December 17, 1914.

A" gland nut 47 is threaded onto the lower end of the head 7 with its cap.48

surrounding the tip member 41, there being a packing 49 interposed between cap portion and the lower end of the head.

With the parts constructed and arranged as illustrated and .described, the operation .will. ;be xreadily understood. Combustible gas, such as hydrogen, may be supplied through the pipe 3, its flow being controlled by the .valve 11, and will enter the chamber 44. By opening the valve 13, oxygen from the chamber 16 will flow through the pipe 2 into the chamber 39 and be injected through the narrow passageways 38 into the chamber 44, where itwill be mixed with the Lacey/ea combustible gas,'and will pass through the slots 43 and the chamber 45?, escaping through the narrow rectangular slits 47.

The flame thus produced can be readily regulated by manipulation of the valves so as to be suitable for Welding purposes; or it maybe used for preheating metal for cutting purposes, in which case, after the preheating operation has proceeded'to the desired extent, oxygen for cutting purposes Will be admitted by pressing on the lever 26,

which oxygen will flow through the pipe 1 and the passageways 4,4 and 35 through the bore of the inner tip member.

Among the advantages of this construction, it will be noted that the plug*31 serves to throttle the oxygen supplyfor the cut;

ting jet and also has an injector for the oxygen which is to be used for the preheating or Welding mixture; also that this plug enables me to: provide as a self-contained part of the head a suitable injector for the oxygen to bemingled with the combustible gas, without requiring thepresence of any manually operable means other. than the valves 13 and 19 associated either with the head or with ,the handle. A further and great advantage of the hollow plug 31 and its cooperating relation with the main bore of the burner head is that it not only serves as an injector for the oxygen which is mingled with the combustible gas but directs the jets lengthwise of the bore and hence in the same direction as the flame; furthermore, should the flame flash back into the bore, it is practically impossible for it to pass through the restricted passageways in the plug and the plug thus serves as a barrier againstfurther propagation of the flame.

Making the plug removable enables me to employ in the same head difl'erent plugs, having varying sizes of central and surrounding passageways.

In operating with certain kinds oflcombustible gases, this interchangeability is important as it enables the plug to be varied with the capacity of the tip employed.

Having thus described my invention, what 1. In a torch of the character described,

the combination of a head having a bore and passageway, the plug having heating oxygen I passageways therethrough extending from the said chamber, a tip for said head having an inner tubular member provided with a three vertically spaced passagewaysfia plug central bore of the plug, said tip prising a shell surrounding the inner memcentral bore adapted to register with the also comber, there being passageways extending through the delivery portion of the tip within the shell and surrounding the central bore, the said headbeing provided with a chamber communicating with.the lowermost passageway therein and the passageways in the tip which surround the central bore communicatingwith said chamber.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a head having a bore,

an upper'passa'geway for heating oxygen and a lower passageway for combustible gas communicating with longitudinally spaced parts of said bore, and a third passageway for cutting oxygen communicating with the upper end of said bore, a plug removably applied to the upper part of said bore and having a projection coiiperating with the upper end of said bore and with the last-men- 'tioned passageway, said plug having a laterally extending body belowsaid projection and located below the two uppermost passageways, said body being provided with a lurality of restricted passageways extendng therethrough, and a tip comprising an inner tubular member and an outer shell connected thereto, said tiphaving a bore adapted to register with the central bore in the said plug and having its upper end threaded into the bottom of said plug, the upper portion of said inner member being of smaller diameter than the bore of the head whereby a chamber is provided therearound which chamber communicates with the lowermost passageway in the head, said tip having passageways communicating with the last mentioned chamber and arranged around the central bore of said inner member and within the surrounding shell thereof.

3. In a torch of the character described,

the combination of a head having a longitudinally extending bore, an upper passageway for heating oxy n and alower passageway for combus ible gas communicat ing with longitudinally spaced parts of said bore, and a third passageway for cutting oxygen communicating with the upper end of said bore, an injector plug applied to the upper end of said bore and itself having a passageway, and a tip reniovably applied to I the bore of said head and havingo a central bore therethrough, the upper end of the tip cooperating with the plug, and the bore in said tip cooperating with the central bore the plug, there being a chamber extendlng around the upper portion of the tip communicating with the lowermost passage-- way in the head and said tip having a plurality of passageways grouped about the central bore and communicating with the last mentioned chamber.

4. In a torch of the character described,

of said bore, of a plug threaded into said bore and having an upper or inner extension of less diameter than said bore adapted to seat against the upper or innerfend of said bore andhaving a central bore adapted to register with the third passageway in the head when so seated, said plug having in the body portion thereof below said projection a plurality of passageways, said body portion being be'low thefirst mentioned passageway in the head, and a tip secured to said head, said tip comprising an inner tubular member provided with a central bore adapted to register with the central'bore of the plug, the upper portion of said inner member being of less diameter than the diameter of the bore of said head whereby a chamber may be provided therewith communicating with the lowermost passageway in the head, said tip member also comprising an outernozzle member surrounding the tubular inner member and provided with a tapered or frusto-conical lower end, and the inner member being provided with a similar -frusto-conical enlargement at its lower end fitting the interior of said nozzle member with the upper end of, the nozzle member engaging the body of the inner member, the portion of the inner member between such nozzle-engaging portions being reduced -in diameter and the upper nozzle engaging portion being provided withslots which discharge .into the chamber communicating with the lowermost passageway in the head, the lower tapered enlargement of said inner member being provided with a plurality of restricted passageways extending there;

through and converging toward the central bore at the discharge end.

5. In a torch of the character described, the combination of a head having an axial internal threadedbore and an upper passageway for heating oxygen and a lower passageway for. combustible gas communicatin with longitudinally spaced parts of sai bore, and a third passageway for cuttin oxygen communicating with the upper en of said bore, a plug comprising a threaded body having a centrally reduced extension,

and a central bore therethrou'gh, said plug being adapted to be threaded into thebore.

with its upper end abutting and seating against the junction of the bore of said head and the last mentioned passageway, the plu being provided with an internally threade central chamber in its lower part and with a projection extending from. said chamberand adapted to register with the third passageway in the head, the body of said plug.

below said projection being provided with a plurality of restricted passageways extending therethrough, and a tip comprising a an inner tubular member having its upper end threaded whereby it may be,screwed into the chamber in the bottom. of the plug, the upper portion of said member extending downwardly beyond the lowermost passageway in the headand providin a chamber with the bore of said head an bein provided in said chamber with slots whic n I o munloate wlth the chamber, the lnner member being reduced in diameter below the bottoms of ,said slots andhaving at its lower end a frusto-conical enlargement, a nozzle member surrounding the lower portion of the said inner member and extending upwardly above the slots therein and engagin 6. In a torch of the-characterdescribed,.'

.the combination, with a head having an removably applied to'said bore and axial bore therein and havinga lateral passageway for combustible gas communicating with the lower portion of said bore, a passageway for oxygen to mingle with such gas e upper portion also communicating with t of sald bore, and a passageway. for cutting oxygen communicating with the upper .01."

heating oxygen communicating with the corinner end of said bore, of a-regulatin aving a central bore adapted and arranged to register with andformiaicontinuation of the last mentioned passageway" and a lurality or restricted passageways surroun mg the central bore and cooperating with the second passageway in the head to supply oxygen from such second passageway' mto the part of the bore which communicates with the combustible fluid passa eway therebelow, having at central bore adapted to register with the central bore of theplug and provided with assageways surrounding the central bore and ada ted'to conduct the mixed gases from the c amber with which the lowermost-passageway in the head communicates.

7. The combination with a head having an 1 axial bore, a passageway-for combustible gas .tion of t e u per end of the bore an com which' the last mentioned passageway com- I garages municating with the upper portion of said i bore and a passageway for cutting oxygen communicatmg centrally with the upper end of said bore, of a plu removably applied to said bore, said plug aving a body adapted to engage the bore with the upper end of said plu seatedat substantially the unfi:-

t e passageway or cuttin' oxygen, said plug having a central bore tli erethrough registering .w1th the cutting oxygen passageway and ha-vin 'a plurality of restricted passageways theret rough surrounding the central bore, therebeing a chamber formed between the upper part of said plug and the upper portion of the bore of said head and communicating with the other oxygen passageway, and a tip having a central bore adapted and arranged to register with and form a continuation of the central bore i the plug,

head and with which the passageway for combustible fluid communicates, said tip having passageways surrounding the central bore and communicating with the last'mentioned chamber, and means for removably securing the tip to the head with its central bore inoperative relation to the central bore inthe plug and with the passageways surthere being 'a chamber provided between said i tip and the lower portion of the bore of said rounding the central bore in said tip in v operative relation chamber.

8. In, a torch of the character described,

to the last mentioned the combinatioh,-with a head having a passageway for cutting oxygen, a passageway for reheating oxygen and a passageway for combustible gas anda mixing chamber with which the last mentioned passageway communicates, of a removable controlling element having a central bore'for-oxygen cooperating with and forming a continuation of the cutting-oxygen passageway in the.

head and one or more passageways for premunicates, of a removable controlling element having a central bore, for oxygenvcd, operating with the cuttmg-pxygenpassageway in the.head and fprming a continuation thereofy and alsohavmg one or more pascatingf with the" corresponding passageway in the head, the-last mentioned passageway sageways for preheating voxygen. communi or pasageways being into the mixing chamber of said head, and a tip removably applied to the head and having a central bore gen from the central bore in the plug and a plurality of passageways adapted to receive the mixture from the mixing chamber.

10. In a torch of the character described, the combination, with a head having a bore,

a passageway communicating with the up.

the bore, and a passageway communicating with the bore in front of the first mentioned passageway, of an injector plug within said bore having a central passageway adapted to communicate with the first mentioned passageway in the head and having a plurality of restricted passageways surrounding the central passageway and arrangedto receive gas supplied through the second passageway in the head, a tip cooperating with the lower or front portion of the bore in the head and having a central passageway adapted to cooperate with the central passageway in the injector plug and passageways surrounding the central passageways and conducting a inixture of the gas supplied throughthe restricted passageper or rear end of adapted to dischargearranged to receive oxyways in the injector plug with the gas supplieal through a third passageway in the ea i 11. In a torch of the character described, the combination, with a head having a bore extending upwardly from the bottom or front end thereof, a passageway extending from the upper or rear end of the bore, and a pair of longitudinally spaced passageways communicating with said bore, of an injector plug mounted in said bore, the upper end of said plug being adapted to seat against the top or rear of the bore, said plug having a central bore adapted to register with the first mentioned passageway in ing a plurality of restricted passageways surrounding the central bore and extending through the plug, and. a tip cooperating with said bore and plug, the passageways through the plug serving as injectors for the gas supplied to the bore thereabove and also serving to prevent propagation of flame therethrough.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

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